In search of the wisdom web

W eb intelligence offers a new direction for scientific research and development, pushing technology toward manipulating the meaning of data and creating a distributed intelligence that can actually get things done. WI explores the fundamental and practical impact that artificial intelligence and advanced information technology will have on the next generation of Web-empowered systems, services, and environments. In an era dominated by the World Wide Web, Grid computing, intelligent-agent technology, and ubiquitous social computing, WI represents information technology’s next challenge.